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Collector Bernal, R.
Number 4549
Collected with H. Balslev, G. Galeano, L. Mesa, D. Pedersen, J.C. Garcés, F.J. Horacio, N. Morueta, L. Skov Jensen, A. Gaitan and R. Gaitan
Country Colombia
Subpart Vichada
County  
Locality Río Guaviare N bank, 4 km N of Murciélago, approximately 500 m inland to the NW across Theobroma cacao stand , 185 km W of Inírida. Tropical rain forest on flood plain dominated by Attalea butyracea; canopy 20 m tall, many tangles in understory.
Coordinates 3° 36' 12.1'' N 69° 34' 59.8'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 132
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/09/26
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Attalea butyracea (Murtis ex L.f) Wess.Boer
Determined by R. Bernal & H. Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary, canopy palm. Stem aerial, 12 m high, 26 cm thick, longitudinally fissured. Leaves 23 per stem, arching towards the tips with pinnae in vertical position (leaf specimen from juvenile individual); rachis 720 cm; pinnae 163 per side, regularly arranged; middle pinna 120x6.5 cm, apical pinna 32x0.4 cm. Inflorescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 188 x 22 cm; peduncle 138 cm; rachis 112 cm; rachillae 238. Transect HB1028, subunit no. 52; UTM 19N-435222-398304.

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